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12th May 2014IND2014
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12th May International Nurses Day 2014
Theme NURSES: A FORCE FOR CHANGEA vital resource for healthDr.
Waled Amen Mohammed AhmedFaculty of Applied Medical SciencesNursing
Department
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NURSES: A FORCE FOR CHANGE
A vital resource for health3
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Why to celebrate? Nurses have to observe and celebrate 12th May
every year with different theme in order: To change the picture To
reinforce how a skilled nurse response can transform lives,
families, communities and indeed countries. Nurses need to model
this message not just on this day but from this day onwards.
Nurses: A Force for Change5WHO; Investing in nursing can make a
difference in achieving MDGs.The nursing workforce is the largest
group of health professionals and a vital resource for the health
of the populationNursing research has shown that nurses quality of
care makes a big contribution to the health outcomes of patients in
the short and long term.
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Nurses: A Force for Change6The WHO progress report (2013b)
describes achievements adopted by the WHA to strengthen nursing and
midwifery services.Nurses at every level should contribute to
making a positive difference in their work environment.
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Nurses: A Force for Change.7Nurses need to acknowledge their
personal responsibility to initiate progress.Nurses have to engage
with research and develop innovative models that will contribute
evidence of the effectiveness of nursing care and inform health
policy makers.
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Workforce flexibility8It is an additional strategy towards
addressing nurse supply shortagesDeveloping educational programs to
support nurses to move from one clinical setting, or area of
practice, during their careers would increase the current level of
flexibility in the nurse workforce.
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Workforce planning9Planning a sufficient number of nurses to
meet the populations demand for care is crucial to delivering
excellence in nursing care.The supply of health workers, including
nurses, must be keenly sensitive to the needs of the population it
serves.Evidence-based strategies enable workforce planning to be
undertaken in order to meet the populations need for care (IND
2014, p.15).
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Nurses key role in prevention, education, and therapy10Shifting
from community-based to community directed interventions
(Mounkaila, 2012).Have a role at all levels of preventionDeveloping
innovative educational programs to promote health .Nurses are
mainly practitioners in hospitals.
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What are the roles of the nurse?
ConclusionNurses have a great responsibility to promote the
health of the population as well as to contribute towards the
achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.It is essential
that nurses and world leaders and organizations focus on the global
nursing workforce as a key priority for achieving better health for
all.
Conclusion
Nurses are Achievers The Change agents in health sector in the
World
Thanks
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References15International Council of Nurses 2014, Nurses: A
Force for Change A Vital Resource for Health-kit. Geneva,
Switzerland, 2014.Walker, J & Hendry, C 2009, A review of
literature on the measurement of patient dependency, workload and
workload planning and allocation within the context of nursing in
the community. Wellington: NZNO (District Nurses Section)
Christchurch: New Zealand Institute of Community Health Care,
Nov.Mounkaila, Community Directed intervention, Geneva, 2012
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